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Rejoicing in Animal Care and Rescue from Untimely Death
Lama Zopa Rinpoche has made it very clear that our job as Buddhists is to help all living beings achieve their highest potential, including the most vulnerable among us. While animals cannot create much merit on their own, there are ... Read more »
Support to Nine Elderly Homes Serving Tibetan Elders in 2022
For the seventh consecutive year, the FPMT Social Services Fund has continued to offer essential support to 320 elderly Tibetans living in homes throughout India and in Nepal. This service has become an essential mission of this fund with nine ... Read more »
Please Join us this Saka Dawa in Offering Powerful Pujas and Practices for All Living Beings
This year on Saka Dawa, June 14, when merit is multiplied 300 million times, the Puja Fund, on behalf of the entire organization, will be arranging the following pujas and practices for the benefit of all beings: 100,000 Praises to ... Read more »
Supporting the Food Fund of Gyudmed Tantric Monastery
Since 1433, Gyudmed Monastery has been providing the highest education to many of the top Buddhist scholars and teachers. Through the Supporting Ordained Sangha Fund, and the kindness of Lama Zopa Rinpoche, we are pleased to now be supporting this ... Read more »
Long Life Puja Being Offered to Lama Zopa Rinpoche, March 11
Every year Ven. Roger Kunsang, on behalf of the FPMT organization, checks with Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s gurus and/or Rangjung Neljorma Khadro Namsel Drönme (Khadro-la), to determine what practices should be done to help create the conditions for Lama Zopa Rinpoche ... Read more »
Rejoicing in New Holy Objects Created for the Success of FPMT and All Beings
Holy objects are so powerful one can purify negativities and create merit just by seeing them. According to the Sutra of the Mudra of Developing the Power of Devotion, “The minute you see a holy object you create infinite merits, ... Read more »
Rejoicing in the Debate Courtyard at Tashi Lhunpo Monastery, Bylakuppe, India
Tashi Lhunpo Monastery, located in Bylakuppe, Southern India, and seat to the Panchen Lama, has grown significantly over the last few decades and is now home to 415 monks and one of the major centers of Tibetan Buddhist study and ... Read more »
Support Offered for a Renovated Temple at Dekyiling Tibetan Settlement
A priority for FPMT Charitable Projects is to offer support to Tibetan settlements in various ways. Over 94,000 Tibetan refugees currently reside in India, where our support is focused. Dekyiling Tibetan Settlement is located near Dehru Dun, India. The Social ... Read more »
Rejoicing in the Progress of Forty-two Foot Stupa in Hunsur, India
Earlier this year we shared the news that a magnificent new forty-two foot stupa was sponsored and being built at Rabagayling Tibetan Settlement in Hunsur, India. We have been supporting an elderly home at this settlement caring for twenty residents ... Read more »
Eight Stupas Completed for the Benefit of Rescued Animals in Ladakh
Earlier this year we shared news that we offered support to Taru Gayphel Tsogspa Animal Welfare Society, an animal sanctuary that is caring for fifty bulls, twenty cows, ten sheep, and five donkeys in Leh, Ladakh. In addition to a ... Read more »
1,000 Buddha Statues Offered to His Holiness the Dalai Lama– Please Rejoice!
In 2019 we shared Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s wish to offer 1,000 statues of Shakyamuni Buddha to His Holiness the Dalai Lama for his long life on behalf of the entire FPMT organization. The funds for this ambitious project were raised ... Read more »